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Bean Penniless Informal Early 19th Century Slang Term Golden

Word not have a bean
Description be penniless - informal

Bean was an early 19th-century slang term for a golden guinea or sovereign. In the sense of a coin, it now survives only in this phrase. be penniless - informal

Bean was an early 19th-century slang term f

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